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FLORIDA. 



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Winter Pleasure Tours 



UNDER THE PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED SYSTEM 



OF THE 



Pennsylvania Railroad. 



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SPECIAL TRAINS OF PULLMAN VESTIBULE DRAWING-ROOM 
SLEEPING AND DINING CARS. 



SEASON OF 1893. 



J. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD, 

General Passenger Agent. Assistant General Passenger Agent, 

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1892, by 

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 



Allen, Lane <* Scott, Printers. 






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^^HE interest in Florida increases with each recurring 
s^^ season. The large number of people who feel the 

needs of a midwinter as well as a midsummer 
holiday look upon the flowery State with favor, 
and find under its genial skies the rest and 
recreation which a working world makes nec- 
essary. To these people the personally-con- 
ducted tours of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
especially commend themselves. These tours 
are planned just to fit the two weeks' vacation 
which almost every one can take. The excursion rates are most 
liberal, and the style of traveling is first class in every particular. 
If the popular sentiment concerning them is to be taken as an 
index of their popularity, they may in all verity be styled the ideal 
short winter tours. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for the season of 1893, 
presents a series of five tours. They will be carried out under the 

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personally-conducted system for which that company has become 
famous, and every detail relating to them will be maintained on 
that high grade which has been the marked characteristic of pre- 
vious undertakings of this kind. 

The arrangements are much more comprehensive and com- 
plete than ever before, and present a rare opportunity for recre- 
ation and pleasure at what is highly essential, desirable dates. 



THE DAYS OF STARTING AND RETURNING. 

A series of five tours from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
Washington, and other principal points on the Pennsylvania Sys- 
tem is fixed for the following dates : — 

Tuesday, January 3ist, 1893. 

Tuesday, February 14TH, 1893. 

Tuesday, February 28th, 1893. 

Tuesday, March 14TH, 1893. 

Tuesday, March 28th, 1893. 

The first four tours will each admit of a visit of two whole 
weeks in the flowery State, and the returning parties will leave 
Jacksonville for home on the dates following : — 

First Tour, Thursday, February i6th. 

Second Tour, Thursday, March 2d. 

Third Tour, Thursday, March i6th. 

Fourth Tour, Thursday, March 30TH. 

Tickets for the Fifth Tour are valid for return until May 
30TH, 1893, by regular trains. 

The period allowed is amply sufficient to admit of a thorough 
tour of all the interesting places in the Peninsula. 




WHAT ''PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED" MEANS. 

HE tours will be conducted under the supervision of 
the Tourist Agent and Chaperon of the Pennsylva- 
nia Railroad. Undoubtedly one of the most original 
and highly satisfactory creations of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad is the inauguration of personally-conducted 
tours under the supervision and direction of a Tour- 
ist Agent and Chaperon. The former, a man of 
broad experience, makes all arrangements that may be required, 
has a perfect knowledge of all routes, attends to the prompt 
forwarding of the train, and in every way looks to the comfort 
and enjoyment of his fellow-travelers. 

The Chaperon, entirely an original conception of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad, has especial charge of ladies, particularly those 
unaccompanied by parents or escort, and also invalids, minister- 
ing to their necessities and needs in a most intelligent manner, as 
experience has thoroughly educated her in the intricacies of rail- 
way travel and usage. 

In the Chaperon the ladies find both a companion and guide. 
While furnishing all information that one could wish, and looking 
with watchful eyes after the comfort and pleasure of those in her 
charge, the Chaperon also stands to unescorted ladies in the exact 
relation that her title implies. 

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TOURS. 

The marked success and popularity of the Pennsylvania Tours 
to Florida are due to several causes. The complete appointment 
of the special trains, the liberality of the rate and the return limit 
of tickets, are features that have attracted the traveling public ; but 
the most popular characteristic of these, as well as other tours of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, is the freedom of movement 
allowed the tourists after their arrival at destination. No fixed 
programme is set for them in Florida, but having arrived at Jack- 
sonville they are at perfect liberty to dispose of their time as they 
see fit. They may travel over the State individually or in small 
parties, may stop wherever they choose and stay as long as is desir- 
able, only keeping in view the return date, and arranging their 
migrations so as to be in Jacksonville in time to take the special 

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train for home on the date fixed for its departure. This plan 
imposes no compulsory conditions as to their movement on the 
tourists, and at the same time secures to them all the benefits 
of the personally-conducted system. 

HOW THE TOURISTS TRAVEL. 

Each party will be transported from New York to Jackson- 
ville in a special train of Pullman Vestibule Sleeping and Dining 
Cars. The train will be in direct charge 
of the Tourist Agent, who, aided by the Chap- 
eron, will relieve the tourists of all the inci- 
dental cares of a long trip. The train 
will run through on a fast schedule in 
both directions. The route lies over the 
\ i ' J [lyEf Pennsylvania Railroad to Quantico, the Rich- 
r l|« mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail- 
road to Richmond, the Atlantic Coast Line 
to Ashley Junction, the Charleston and Savan- 
nah Railway to Savannah, and the Savannah, 
Florida and Western Railway to Jacksonville. 
The returning party will travel by the same route. The dining- 
car feature is a most desirable one, and cannot fail to engage 
the appreciation of all travelers, insuring, as it does, comfort- 
able meals at regular hours with ample time to enjoy them. All 
the meals necessary e7i route will be served in the dining car, 
the expense of the same being covered by the price of the tickets. 
Hours observed for meals will be :— 

Breakfast 7.30 to 8.30 A. M. 

Luncheon 12.30 to 1.30 P. M. 

Dinner 6.30 to 7.30 P. M. 

THE RATES AND CONDITIONS OF THE TICKETS. 

The excursion tickets for these tours will be sold from New 
York at $50.00, Philadelphia $48.00, and from other stations named 
on other pages in this pamphlet at the rates there quoted. The 
price of the tickets includes railway transportation, Pullman 
sleeping-car accommodations (one berth), and meals en route in 
both directions while traveling on the special train. The tickets 
will be accepted for passage only on the special train. They 




must be used for the return trip only on the special train ap- 
pointed to leave Jacksonville on the date fixed for the return 
of the particular tour in question, except that as stated on 
page 4 tickets for the fifth tour will be valid returning by regular 
trains until May 30th, 1893. These tickets cover Pullman ac- 
commodations (one berth) and meals on going trip only ; nothing- 
hut transportation is included returning. 

The tourists, upon reaching Jacksonville, will be left to pur- 
sue their own course until the return date, when they will take the 
special train at that point for the homeward trip. 

Baggage should be checked through to Jacksonville via the 
Atlantic Coast Line. 

The company reserves the right to attach special cars to regu- 
lar trains, if, from any cause, the number of the party should be 
too small to warrant the running of a special train. 

A SUGGESTION. 

The number of persons for which accommodations can be pro- 
vided on a special train of Pullman drawing-room cars is neces- 
sarily limited. For these tours it is fixed at one hundred and fifty. 
It is prudent, therefore, that those who desire to join the party 
should make early application for tickets, and register their names 
for sleeping-car accommodations. 

Tickets may be secured at the ticket offices of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company in Boston, New York, Jersey City, Newark, 
Elizabeth, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Wash- 
ington, and the other stations from which rates are quoted, or 
by addressing Tourist Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad, 233 South 
Fourth Street, Philadelphia, S49 Broadway, New York, 860 
Fulton Street, Brooklyn, or 205 Washington Street, Boston. 

ROUND-TRIP RATES. 

Round-trip tickets, including railroad fare, sleeping-car accom- 
modations, and meals en route in both directions while on the 
special train, will be sold to Jacksonville at the following rates. 
The tickets are good for use only on the special trains on the date 
named on the ticket, except that from points on this company's 
lines not reached by the special, regular trains making close 
connection with the special may be used. The connection with 



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the special should be made in every case at the nearest available 
station. As previously stated on pages 4 and 6, tickets for fifth 
tour are available for return by regular trains until May 30th, 1893, 
and cover nothing beyond transportation on the return trip. 
Tickets for use of children between 5 and 12 years will be sold 
at two-thirds of these rates. 



Altoona, Pa $50 65 

Atlantic City, N. J 49 00 

Auburn, Pa 50 00 

Baltimore, Md 48 00 

Bellefonte. Pa., via Tyrone ... 51 00 

Belvidere, N.J 50 00 

Birdsboro, Pa 49 95 

Blairsville, Pa 51 95 

Bloom Ferry, Pa. 49 60 

Bordentown, N.J 49 00 

Bridgeton, N.J 49 00 

Bristol, Pa 48 60 

Bryn Mawr, Pa 48 00 

Burlington, N.J 48 60 

Cambridge, Md 49 50 

Canandaigua, N. Y 53 00 

Cape May, N.J 49 00 

Catawissa, Pa 49 50 

Centreville, Md 49 00 

Chelten Avenue, Pa 48 25 

Chestnut Hill, Pa 4840 

Chester, Pa 48 00 

Clayton, Del 48 45 

Clearfield, Pa 51 15 

Coatesville, Pa 48 00 

Columbia, Pa 48 00 

Conewago, Pa 48 00 

Connellsville, Pa 53 00 

Conshohocken, Pa 48 50 

Corry, Pa 54 25 

Dover, Del 48 50 

Downingtown, Pa 48 00 

Delmar, Del 49 00 

Driftwood, Pa 51 65 

Elizabeth, N. J 49 75 

Elkton, Md 48 00 

Elmira, N. Y 51 55 

Emporium, Pa 52 05 

Erie, Pa 55 00 



Felton, Del #48 75 

Fraekville, Pa 50 00 

Frankford, Pa 48 15 

Frankford, Del 49 10 

Freehold, N.J 50 00 

Greensburg, Pa 52 35 

Georgetown, Del 49 00 

Germantown, Pa 48 25 

Germantown Junction, Pa. ... 48 15 

Glassboro, N.J 48 50 

Hamburg, Pa 50 00 

Harrington, Del 49 00 

Harrisburg, Pa 48 00 

Havana, N. Y 51 95 

Havre de Grace, Md 48 00 

Horse Heads, N. Y 51 65 

Huntingdon, Pa 49 95 

Irvineton, Pa 53 80 

Jamesburg, N. J 49 75 

Jersey City, N. J 5000 

Johnstown, Pa 51 40 

Kane, Pa 53 10 

Lambertville, N.J 49 25 

Lancaster, Pa 48 00 

Latrobe, Pa 52 15 

Lewistown Junction, Pa 49 25 

Lock Haven, Pa 50 50 

Long Branch, N.J 50 00 

Mt. Carmel, Pa 49 65 

Mt. Union, Pa 49 70 

Manayunk, Pa 48 25 

Media, Pa 48 00 

Merchantville, N. J 48 25 

Middletown, Del 48 25 

Middletown, Pa 48 00 

Milford, Del 49 00 

Millville, N. J 49 00 

Milton, Pa 49 35 

Moorestown, N. J 48 50 



Mount Holly, N. J $4860 

Mount Joy, Pa 48 00 

Muncy, Pa 49 75 

Nanticoke, Pa 5° 2 5 

Nescopec, Pa 49 §5 

Newark, N.J 5000 

New Brunswick, N. J 49 2 5 

New Castle, Del 48 00 

New York, N. V 50 00 

Norristown, Pa 48 65 

Northumberland, Pa 49 l 5 

Ocean Grove, N.J 50 00 

Parkesburg, Pa 48 00 

Penn Yan, N. Y 52 45 

Perryville, Md 48 00 

Philadelphia, Pa 48 00 

Phillipsburg, N. J 49 75 

Phcenixville, Pa 49 15 

Pittsburg, Pa 53 °° 

Pottstown, Pa 49 6o 

Pottsville, Pa 5° °° 

Princeton, N. J 49 25 

Rahway, N. J 49 50 

Reading, Pa 5° 00 

Red Bank, N.J 5° 00 

Renovo, Pa 5 1 I0 

Ridgway, Pa 5 2 65 

Riverside, Pa 49 35 

Riverton, N. J 48 5° 



St. Clair, Pa $50 00 

St. Mary's, Pa 52 45 

Salem, N.J 49 00 

Schuylkill Haven, Pa 50 00 

Seaford, Del 49 00 

Shamokin, Pa 49 5° 

Sheffield, Pa 53 45 

Shenandoah, Pa 50 00 

Spring City, Pa 49 25 

Stanley, N. Y 52 75 

Sunbury, Pa 49 IO 

Trenton, N.J 49 00 

Troy, Pa 51 05 

Tulpohocken, Pa 48 25 

Tyrone, Pa 50 35 

Uniontown, Pa 53 00 

Vineland, N.J 49 00 

Warren, Pa 53 7° 

Washington, D. C 48 00 

Watkins, N. Y 52 00 

West Chester, Pa 48 00 

Wilcox, Pa 52 95 

Wilkesbarre, Pa 50 35 

Williamsport, Pa 50 00 

Wilmington, Del 48 00 

Wissahickon Heights, Pa. ... 48 25 

Woodbury, N.J 48 30 

York, Pa 48 00 



EXTRA PULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONS. 
As previously stated, these rates include one double berth 
in sleeper, but in case extra Pullman accommodations are desired 
a limited number of persons can be furnished therewith at the 
following additional charges for the round trip :— 

For entire section occupied by one person $13 00 

For drawing-room occupied by one person 35 00 

For drawing-room occupied by two persons 22 00 

For drawing-room occupied by three persons 9 00 

It should be borne in mind that the above are the total addi- 
tional charges, so that in the case of drawing-room occupied by 
two persons the per capita charge is $11.00, and when occupied 
by three persons the per capita charge is $3.00. 

For the fifth tour, where Pullman accommodations are furnished 
south-bound only, the charges for extra Pullman space will be one- 
half of above amounts. 



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Itinerary in Detail. 

pliORIDR TOU^S. 



SOUTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

January 31st ; February 14th and 28th ; March 14th 
and 28th, 1893. 



Leave New York (via Pennsylvania Railroad) 

" Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 

" Jersey City (via Pennsylvania Railroad) 

" Newark 

" Elizabeth 

' ' Trenton 

" Philadelphia 

" Wilmington, Del. 

" Baltimore 

" Washington (via Pennsylvania and Richmond 
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroads) . 
Leave Richmond (via Atlantic Coast Line) 
Arrive Petersburg, Va. " " 

Leave Petersburg, Va. " 
Arrive Pender, N. C. " 
Leave Pender, N. C. 



Eastern Time. 
9.30 A. M. 
9.00 " 

9-44 " 

9-58 " 

10.08 " 

11.08 " 

12.10 P. M. 

12.50 " 

2.30 " 

3-45 P- M. 

7.30 

8.11 

8.19 
11. 12 
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February 1st and 15th ; and March 1st, 15th, and 29th. 

Eastern Time. 

Arrive Florence (via Atlantic Coast Line) 4.26 A.M. 

Leave Florence " " 4.36 " 

Arrive Ashley Junction 7.23 " 

Central Time. 

Arrive Ashley Junction 6.23 A. M. 

Leave Ashley Junction . 6.30 " 

Leave Savannah (via Sav., Fla. and West. Railroad) . 10.00 A. M. 

Arrive Jacksonville " " " . 3.00 P. M. 

All meals en route will be served in the dining car. 



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NORTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

February 16th ; March 2d, 16th, and 30th, 1893; tickets on the 
last tour being valid for return until May 30th, 1893. 

Central Time. 

Leave Jacksonville (via Sav., Fla. and West. Railroad), 7.00 A. M. 
" Ashley Junction (via Atlantic Coast Line) . . . 3.30 P. M. 

February 17th; March 3d, 17th, and 31st, 1893. 

Eastern Time. 

Arrive Richmond (via Atlantic Coast Line) 3.25 A. M. 

Leave Richmond (via Rich., Fred, and Pot. Railroad), 3.30 
Arrive Washington (via Pennsylvania Railroad) 

Baltimore " 

Wilmington, Del. " " 

, Philadelphia 

Trenton " " 

Elizabeth 

Newark 



Jersey City 
New York 
Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 



7.20 

S.20 " 
10.05 

10.46 " 

11.47 " 
12.38 P. M. 

12.48 " 



1.02 
1. 10 
1.20 



All meals en route will be served in the dining: car 



STAFF OF THE TOURIST DEPARTMENT. 

Tourist Agents : Chaperons : 

J. P. McWilliams, Mrs. H. F. Bender, 

Thomas Purdy. Miss E. C. Bingham, 

Miss Zerelda W. Beaty. 

As the tourists will be left at Jacksonville to follow the bent of 
their own inclinations, a few brief sketches of the principal cities 
easily accessible from Jacksonville will be found on pages 16 to 43 
inclusive. 




SIDE TRIPS 



N response to repeated demands for the issue of tickets to 
the more prominent of the Florida resorts, the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad Company has arranged with its Florida 
connections to offer members of these personally- 
conducted parties the following side trips from Jackson- 
JE^tf ville, which will be issued only in connection with 
" ?&y tickets for the Jacksonville tours as set forth in this 
pamphlet. 

Tourists should be particular to provide themselves with one 
of these tickets before starting, as no assurance can be given that 
such tickets can be procured at Jacksonville. 

Tickets will be available to stop off at pleasure of holder, and 
some mention of resorts intermediate between those named on 
coupons will be found after each tour. In order to secure stop- 
over privilege, notice must be given to conductor of train or 
purser of steamer, who will mark ticket or issue stop over check 
as may be the practice of his company. 

Tour No. i.— Special Excursion FX i. — Rockledge, Fla. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. ( Jacksonville 

L to St. Augustine. 
Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Palatka. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Titusville. 

Indian River Steamboat Co to Rockledge. 

Indian River Steamboat Co to Titusville. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Sanford. 

Clyde's St. John's River Steamer . ...... . to Palatka. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Jacksonville. 

Rate $13-80. 

Between Palatka and Jacksonville stops should be made at 
Green Cove Springs and Magnolia. 



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Tour No. 2. — Special Excursion FX 2. — Rockledge, Fla. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. \ J acksonvllle 

1 to St. Augustine. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Rockledge. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Titusville. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Sanford. 

Clyde's St. John's River Steamer to Palatka. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Jacksonville. 

Rate $11.70. 

Between Palatka and Jacksonville stops should be made at 
Glen Cove Springs and Magnolia. 

Tour No. 3. — Special Excursion FX 3. — Rockledge, Fla. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Rv. -f J acksonville 

I to St. Augustine. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Rockledge. 

Indian River Steamboat Co to Titusville. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Sanford. 

Clyde's St. John's River Steamer to Palatka. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Jacksonville. 

Rate $12.10. 

Between Palatka and Jacksonville stops should be made at 
Green Cove Springs and Magnolia. 

Tour No. 4.— Special Excursion FX 4.— Rockledge, Fla. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Rv. { J acksonvill e 

Uo St. Augustine. 
Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Palatka. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Titusville. 

Indian River Steamboat Co to Rockledge. 

Indian River Steamboat Co to Titusville. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Sanford. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Tavares. 

Florida Central & Peninsular R. R to Jacksonville. 

Rate $16.55. 

Between Tavares and Jacksonville stops should be made at 
Leesburg, Wildwood, Ocala (visiting Silver Spring), Hawthorne, 
and Waldo. 



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Tour No. 5. — Special Excursion FX 5. — Rockledge, Fla. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ryi Jacksonville 
J I to St. Augustine. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. to Rockledge. 
Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. to Titusville. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Sanford. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Tavares. 

Florida Central & Peninsular R. R to Jacksonville. 

Rate $H-45- 

Between Tavares and Jacksonville stops should be made at 
Leesburg, Wildwood, Ocala (visiting Silver Spring), Hawthorne, 
and Waldo. 

Tour No. 6.— Special Excursion FX 6. — Rockledge, Fla. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. I J acksonvlll . e 
J ' s 3 I to St. Augustine. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Rockledge. 

Indian River Steamboat Co to Titusville. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Sanford. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Tavares. 

Florida Central & Peninsular R. R to Jacksonville. 

Rate $i4- 8 5- 

Between Tavares and Jacksonville stops should be made at 
Leesburg, Wildwood, Ocala (visiting Silver Spring), Hawthorne, 
and Waldo. 

Tour No. 7. — Special Excursion FX 7.— Rockledge, Fla. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. i Jacksonville 
J > s ^ I to St. Augustine. 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Palatka. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Titusville. 

Indian River Steamboat Co to Rockledge. 

Indian River Steamboat Co to Titusville. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Sanford. 

Clyde's St. John's River Steamer to Palatka. 

Ocklawaha River Steamer to Silver Spring. 

Florida Central & Peninsular R. R. (via Ocala) . to Jacksonville. 
Rate $20.00. 

Meals and berth on Ocklawaha River steamer included. 

Tourists should be particular to secure in advance state-room 
berth on Ocklawaha River steamer, as accommodations are lim- 
ited. 

Between Silver Spring and Jacksonville stops should be made 
at Ocala, Hawthorne, and Waldo. 



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Tour No. 8.— Special Excursion FX 8.— Rockledge, Fla 

o r j- n' ™ f Jacksonville 
Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. j tQ J gt Augustin 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Rockledge. 
Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Titusville. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Sanford. 

Clyde's St. John's 'River Steamer to Palatka. 

Ocklawaha River Steamer to Silver Spring. 

Florida Central & Peninsular R. R. (via Ocala) . to Jacksonville. 
Rate $i7-9°- 

Meals and berth on Ocklawaha River steamer included. 

Tourists should be particular to secure in advance state-room 
berth on Ocklawaha River steamer, as accommodations are limited. 

Between Silver Spring and Jacksonville stops should be made 
at Ocala, Hawthorne, and Waldo. 
Tour No. 9.— Special Excursion FX 9.— Rockledge, Fla. 

o T j- ™- ™ f Jacksonville 
Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. | tQ ^ Augustine> 

Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry. . to Rockledge. 

Indian River Steamboat Co to Titusville. 

Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry to Sanford. 

Clyde's St. John's River Steamer to Palatka. 

Ocklav/aha River Steamer to Silver Spring. 

Florida Central & Peninsular R. R. (via Ocala) . to Jacksonville. 
Rate ...... $18.30. 

Meals and berth on Ocklawaha River steamer included. 

Tourists should be particular to secure in advance state-room 
berth on Ocklawaha River steamer, as accommodations are limited. 
Between Silver Spring and Jacksonville stops should be made at 
Ocala, Hawthorne, and Waldo. 

Tour No. 10.— Special Excursion FX 10.— Tampa, Fla. 

South Florida R. R Sanford to Tampa. 

Returning by same route. 

Rate $5-85- 

Sold in connection with any of above Special Excursion tickets 
passing through Sanford. The route of this ticket passes Alta- 
monte Springs, Winter Park, Orlando, Bartow Junction, Lakeland, 
and Plant City. 
Tour No. 11. -Spec. Exc. FX 11. -Jupiter, Fla., for Lake Worth. 

Indian River Steamboat Co Rockledge to Jupiter. 

Returning by same route. 

Rate $8.50. 

Meals and state-room berth extra . 



FLORIDA AND ITS ATTRACTIVE POINTS. 



Where the earth is an Eden, the climate a balm; 
Bright hues deck the fields, and aloft waves the palm ; 
O'er the hammocks its perfume the jasmine flings ; 
To the live-oak the solemn gray drapery clings ; 
Wide the cypress its vast leafy canopy throws 
And in loveliness blossoms the Florida rose. 




THER States may possess resorts of admitted 
worth, and other cities may have attractions 
peculiar to themselves, but over and above 
all these the fact remains, that Florida is the 
great and positive winter sanitarium of the 
country. No matter how pleasant it may be 
elsewhere, here is the final resort in which 
Nature, in all her phases of climate, through 
air and water and sun, bestows her best upon 
land and people. It stands to Americans in 
the same relation as the Riviera does to all 
Europe. It presents, however, a greater diversity 
of attractions than the land washed by the waters 
of the blue Mediterranean. To the invalid it promises 
hope and renewed strength ; to the tourist it offers all the rich 
beauty of the semi-tropics and the tempting products of a fertile 
soil warmed by radiant sunlight; to sportsman and angler it 
yields a bountiful return in game and fish ; and to the devotee 
of fashion it presents great hostelries, where the best represen- 
tatives of American society while away the hours in luxurious 
ease. Since Ponce de Leon discovered beneath the tropical skies 
of Florida the fountain of perpetual youth, a grand army of ex- 
plorers in pursuit of that greater treasure than gold — health — 

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have followed the way blazed by the romantic Spaniard, and 
found under the same skies the object of their quest. 

To the invalid it is indeed a land of promise. Those suffering 
from pulmonary and kindred affections secure a new lease on 
life, while those prostrated with mental or physical weakness from 
any cause cannot fail to find in the balmy breezes, crisp air, and 
picturesque landscape a forgetfulness of their ills. Bright skies 
and fresh air invite an outdoor life, and exercise brings in its 
wake appetite, sleep, and new strength. 

Apart from its climatic advantages Florida is rich in attractions 
for the general trayeler. The beauty of a region located almost 




ALONG THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. 



beneath a tropical sun, with its blooming plants and rank vegeta- 
tion, its orange groves, and its forests of pine and live-oak, can- 
not fail to enlist the interest of every lover of nature. The world 
presents no parallel to the steamer ride on the St. John's and the 
Ocklawaha, while a sail on the placid waters of the Indian or 
Halifax Rivers, with their banks crowned with orange groves, is 
a pleasure long to be remembered. 



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The angler finds waters inhabited by all manner of fish, from 
the gamey trout to the princely tarpon, while the facilities for boat- 
ing and sailing are unexcelled. The gunner, too, in the "hum- 
mock lands" may indulge his appetite for sport in hunting 
game that ranges in species from quail and wild turkey to 
deer. The artist will find much to engage his attention in land, 
scape, water, and sky, and the scientific explorer may revel in 
almost any field of research, while last but not least in impor- 
tance, the seeker after health finds here the garden spot of his 
imagination. 

Hotels of all classes are abundant. The magnificence of the 
Ponce de Leon at St. Augustine lures many pleasure seekers to 
accommodations within its walls, and from the luxury of this pal- 
ace down to the humble roof of the lodge in the wilderness one 
may secure shelter and sustenance suited to his tastes or the con- 
dition of his exchequer. 

In the following pages brief descriptions of the most prominent 
points, of interest are given, with timely information concerning 
them. 

There are so many points to which excursionists may be 
projected from Jacksonville and St. Augustine, that the enumer- 
ation of them would require far more space than the limits of 
this pamphlet can afford. A few brief notes, however, may be 
of service to the tourist. 



JACKSONVILLE. 

1075 miles from New York. 

One thousand and seventy-five miles from New York the tour- 
ists' special train makes its final stop at Jacksonville. 

This city is the great distributing centre from which hosts of 
travelers pouring into the land branch out to the numberless 
places of interest in every direction. It is situated on the St. 
John's River, twenty-five miles west of the- ocean, and is the 
largest city on the seaboard south of Savannah, and the place 
of first importance in business, commerce, and social life. The 
river at this point is nearly twenty-four hundred feet wide, and as 
the town is located on a curve of its wide banks the water front 



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is extensive and the uninterrupted view superb. The city is 
laid out in wide avenues, shaded with grand live-oaks ; rare 
flowers and shrubbery of the tropics adorn the ground sur- 
rounding villas and hotels, and the sweet perfume of buds 
and blossoms permeates the air. On the land side the wide 
boulevards and smooth shell roads afford fine drives, while the 
waters of the river and bay invite boating and yachting. The 
wharves are very 
extensive, and the 
commerce by ships 
spreads over ocean 
and river. 

An interesting 
feature of the city is 
the permanent Sub- 
Tropical Exposition. 
The extensive and 
handsome grounds 
and buildings occu- 
py an eligible site 
within the corporate 
limits. The display 
is designed to cover 
all the tropical pro- 
ducts of the United 
States, the West In- 
dies, the Bahamas, and Mexico. The exhibition is open during 
the season, and one may see there a vast collection of the pro- 
lific and varied productions of the tropics artistically exposed 
to view. 

The hotels of Jacksonville are numerous. Some are very hand- 
some structures, and all offer good entertainment. 




A CRUISING SHARPIE. 



The Carleton . , 

The Duval . . $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 

The Glenada $3.00 per day. 

Hotel Oxford $4.00 per day. 

American and European plan. 



PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Hotel Togni . 



f American plan 
\ $3.00 per day 



St. James Hotel 
The Travelers . 
Windsor Hotel . 
The Everett . . 



. $2.00 per day 
. £4.00 per day. 
. $3.00 per day 
. Special rates. 
. $3.00 per day. 



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ST. AUGUSTINE. 

38 miles from Jacksonville. Reached by the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and 

Indian River Railway; or boat on St. John's River to Tocoi, and 

thence by rail, 13 miles, to St. Augustine. 

First- in point of historical interest of all the cities of Florida is 
St. Augustine, the oldest town in America. The city was founded 
by. the Spaniards centuries ago, and many of the 
present inhabitants are descendants of the origi- 
nal grandees. It savors yet decidedly of 
■ the Spanish, and the quaint, old, balco- 

b I nied houses, narrow, winding streets, the 

ruins of the old walls, and the city 
gates, combine to form an old- 
world picture strangely in con- 
trast with the newness of to-day. 
The natural advantages of St. 
Augustine are many. It 
enjoys a well-founded 
reputation for health - 
fulness, and possesses 
a magnificent beach, on 
which sea-bathing may 
be indulged in from the 
year's beginning to its 
end. Its grand possi- 
bilities have attracted 
the attention of capitalists, 
who have erected three 
• ■■- of the most superb hotels 
in the world. These pal- 
aces, the Ponce de Leon, Cordova, 
and Alcazar, are built of coquina, a curi- 
ous shell formation. The architecture is 
Spanish Renaissance and Mooresque ; the 
decorations and ornamentations are wrought in the same spirit, 
and the furnishing is in keeping with the skill which designed and 
the taste that executed the grand piles. They have no equals in 
the world, and yet they harmonize most happily with their 




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antique surroundings. Other attractive features of the old town are 
the sea wall, the old slave market, the Huguenot Cemetery, the 
Plaza de la Constitution, and the Castle of San Marco, now be- 
come Fort Marion. The completion ©f the handsome new bridge 
over the St. John's River at Jacksonville renders St. Augustine far 
more accessible than formerly. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Ponce de Leon Hotel . . $5.00 per day. Hotel Cordova $500 per day. 

The Alcazar $3.50 per day. Hotel San Marco . . . . $4.00 per day. 

American House . . . . $1.50 per day. The San Salvador, 52 50 to $3.00 per day. 

Carleton Hotel $3.00 per day. Magnolia Hotel . $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 

Cleveland House, $2. 00 to $2.50 per day. Ocean View Hotel . . . $3.00 per day. 

Florida House . $2.50 to $4.00 per day. Pasade la Plaza Hotel . . Special rates. 

Hernandez Hotel, $2. 00 to $2.50 per day. The St. George Special rates. 



TALLAHASSEE. 

165 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

It is the capital of the State and a source of pride to all Floridians. 
It is beautifully built on a high elevation, and the design of the 
broad streets and avenues, shaded with evergreens and live-oaks, 
and the bountiful and luxurious growth of flowers and shrubs, 
make it a veritable garden spot. Like almost all of its sister 
Southern cities, in its annals is interwoven romantic and heroic 
history, and like them also are innumerable places and points of 
interest to be visited. 

Here is the Lafayette Land Grant, and the noted lakes 
swarming with ducks and brant. The Murat residence, and 
the grave of Prince Achille Murat, son of the King of Naples, 
and a thousand and one places, may be visited and enjoyed 
to the profit of the tourist. Among these is the celebrated 
Wauklilla Spring, fourteen miles south of the city, reached by 
carriage or saddle, and which is the rival in area and depth to the 
great Silver Spring near Ocala. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Baldwin House $2.00 per day. I St. James Hotel . $2. 5o|to $3.00 per day 

New Leon Hotel .... $3.00 per day. I 




FERNANDINA. 

36 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville Branch 

of the Florida Central and Peninsular 

Railroad. 

HIS old Spanish town was founded in 
1632 by the Countess of Egmont, who 
essayed the culture of indigo here upon 
a large scale. The new town, about 
a mile and a half from Old Fernan- 
dina, where was witnessed some of the 
most thrilling scenes of blockade-run- 
ning during the Civil War, has sprung up on Amelia Island, at 
the mouth of the river of same name. It has good schools and 
good government, and is a port of entry, and the broad, protected 
body of water forms excellent facilities for yachting and the best 
of harbors. The term "new," as applied to Fernandina, is rela- 
tive, and refers to it only in comparison with the Spanish settle- 
ment. 

Fernandina is an attractive city, not so much by reason of mod- 
ern residences, neat and well-cared for streets, and the evidences 
of Northern thrift, as for the varied and old-time character of its 
appearance. 

The air is simply perfect. As one awakens in the morning the 
atmosphere seems, and is, laden with the odors of a million 
flowers, with which are mingled those of the orange and banana 
and other tropical fruits, the salty flavor of the sea-breeze, and the 
balsam of the pines. As a health resort it has no superior in 
the State, and its hotels are filled from early autumn to early 
spring. 

Its avenues are bowered by oak and orange, and the beach 
drive is twenty miles in length. Several points of interest are 
close by, one the estate of "Dungeness," the old home of the 
revolutionary hero, Nathaniel Greene, granted him by the State of 
Georgia for services rendered his country, and now the princely 
winter home of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the great iron-master; 
another, Cumberland Island, seven miles by rail or steam yacht 



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across the sound, and one of the most noted fishing and sporting 
grounds in the State. 

Innumerable are the minor points of interest to be found in 
and near this mother city of Spanish birth and its new-born 
American child, Fernandina. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Egmont Hotel . $2.00 to $4.00 per day. j Strathmore Hotel . . . . Special rates. 
Florida House $2.00 per day. I 

FORT GEORGE ISLAND. 

25 miles by boat from Jacksonville. 

This island is at the mouth of the St. John's River, and is a 
most beautiful and attractive spot, offering a number of romantic 
walks and drives through palmetto-shaded avenues and well- 
designed gardens. The homestead and negro quarters of what 
was once an ideal plantation are still standing. The famous jetty- 
works of the St. John's are hard by and well worth a visit in them- 
selves. The fishing and sailing are fine and the ocean view some- 
thing superb. Mayport, just across the picturesque bay, is reached 
from Jacksonville by rail, or Fort George Island by boat, and is 
celebrated for its great, white sand hills and commanding locality. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL (Mayport). 
Burnside House Special rates. 

PABLO BEACH. 

17 miles from Jacksonville, reached by the Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad. 

Directly on the Atlantic Coast, commanding a magnificent 
view and holding in its hand a delightfully tempered climate, is 
this seaboard resort of Jacksonville. It possesses one of the finest 
beaches in the world, forty miles long by about seven hundred 
feet wide. The hard, compact sand, pounded as smooth and pol- 
ished as a ball-room floor by the beating waves for years, affords 
a splendid drive and a bathing ground unexcelled. The village 
is mainly a seaport sanitarium town, and affords every modern 
facility for the tourist or invalid. 

PRIN'CIPAL HOTELS. 
Murray Hall . . £3.00 to $4.00 per day. | Ocean House Special rates. 







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GREEN COVE SPRINGS. 

29 miles by rail or boat, reached via WesternRailway of Florida 
or Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

^^^^S> HE wonderful Sulphur Spring, discharging 3000 
*& l:f gallons of water a minute, from which the place takes 
its name, is located in a handsome grove of live-oaks 
draped with Spanish moss, in the midst of a wide ex- 
panse of surrounding magnolia forests. The grounds 
JPh are attractively laid out in romantic walks and parks. 
The bathing pools are extensive, and the baths are 
commended not only to invalids but to all who enjoy a plunge into 
limpid and pellucid waters. Think of bathing in open air in Decem- 
ber and yet this is a common everyday enjoyment here. Governor s 
Creek is verv close by, and its romantic windings present pictures 
of rare natural beauty while offering excellent boating facilities. 
Its transportation facilities are excellent. Three large piers jutting 
out into the St. John's afford convenient access to sea-going ves- 
sels and river craft of every kind, and no more fascinating scene 
could well be imagined than the light and shadow effects on water 
and land as the health-restoring sun sinks down after its faithful 
day's duty, leaving a wake of golden light on this beautiful winter 
resort Excursions may be made by boat from here to Palatka. 
The romantic St. David's walk extends northward along the 
shore two miles through the forest to Magnolia and its fine hotel. 



PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Clarendon Hotel . . . . $4.00 per day. I Riverside House, $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 
M"aH^teU,5oto$3.ooperday. St. Clair Hotel fftxo to $4.00 per day. 
Oakland Hotel . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. | 



LAKE CITY. 

60 miles from Jacksonville. Reached via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, 

Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, or Georgia 

Southern and Florida Railroad. 

Lake City is the capital of Columbia County ; it well warrants 
its appellation from its situation in the midst of a group of pretty 
lakes, virtually making it a modern Venice. The land is high and 
exceptionally healthy, and the city buildings are very handsome, 
prominent among which is the State Agricultural College. One 

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may wander through miniature dells, intersected by sparkling 

rivulets, in and out among magnificent moss-laden oaks and 

sweet-scented magnolia, and amid flowers which fill the air with 

fragrance. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Central House Special rates. Thrasher House . . . . Special rates. 

Gee House Special rates. 

PALATKA. 

75 miles by boat, 56 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and 
Key West Railway. 32 miles from St. Augustine. 

This thriving and picturesque town ranks next to Jackson- 
ville as a winter resort, and is held in high favor with tourists. 
It is the centre of a large orange-growing district, and many of 
the most famous groves in the State are located in the vicinity. 




Hart's orange grove, covering seventy acres, is one of the oldest 
and most famous in the State. Palatka is the county-seat of Put- 
nam, and the starting point for boat excursions on the Ocklawaha 
and Upper St. John's Rivers. Good shooting and fishing and 
bathing may be enjoyed. A favorite walk and drive is through 
the groves suburban to the city, which well deserve a visit, 
being among the finest in the State. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

The Berkshire $3.00 per day. I Hotel Winthrop Special rates. 

Carleton House $2.00 per day. J Putnam House $4.00 per day. 

Graham House . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. Saratoga Hotel . $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 




THE OCKLAWAHA. 

Starting-point, Palatka, 56 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via Jack- 
sonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

.URELY a trip to Florida without a steamer ride up 
or down the Ocklawaha is not thoroughly com- 
plete, for it reveals a phase of tropical scenery pecu- 
liar alone to Florida. A succession of lagoons, 
lakes, springs, and swamps combine to form this 
winding river, the outlet of which is at Welaka, 
twenty-five miles above Palatka. 

A night journey up this river is one that cannot 
be livaled for weird and beautiful effects, as the 
pine torch headlight on the little steamer reveals 
masses of tangled jungle, networks of winding 
vines^mosCand fungi, awakening storks, cranes, herons, cur- 
lews,' alligators, snakes, turtles, and thousands of wild inmates 
of nature's household. It will be as new and novel a sight to 
the traveler as ever experienced, and something never to be 

forgotten. 

SILVER SPRINGS. 

129 miles from Jacksonville, on the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

These springs or wells cover the bottom of a large and beau- 
tiful lake, and are really one of the greatest of natural wonders. 
So transparent is the water that pebbles and sand can be seen 
distinctly at the bottom, sometimes eighty and ninety feet below 

the surface. 

A favorite pastime of visitors is to throw pennies in the water, 
the phosphorous qualities of which impart a silvery appearance to 
the coins as they slide downward. 

This place is owned and cultivated by the Florida Central and 
Peninsular Railroad, and is one of the prettiest places in Florida. 

This crystal pool, supposed to have been Ponce de Leon's 
fountain of perpetual youth, is reached via Silver Spring Run, 
a swift and pellucid stream ; from the springs Ocala, six miles 
distant, can be reached by a side trip, or the journey by the 
steamer may be continued through a series of lakes. The return 
trip is taken by day. and is hardly less interesting than that of 
the night, or the passenger may return to Jacksonville or Palatka 
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ORMOND. 

120 miles from Jacksonville, on Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax 

River Railway. 

This charming- little town is located directly on the Halifax 
River ; it is noted for its delightful winter climate, and has gained 
a widespread reputation as the heart of the renowned Halifax 
River orange producing country. It has abundant resources for 
the amusement of every class of pleasure seeker. The walks 
and drives among the oaks, palmettos, and orange groves are 
famous. There is also boating and fishing, and no lack of the 
fine fruits. The unhindered ocean surf beats upon a magnificent 
strand but half a mile from the hotel. Many beautiful winter 
cottages, occupied by Northern families, are ranged along the 
shore of Halifax River. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
The Ormond $ 4>00 per day. 




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DAYTONA. 

57 miles from Palatka, via Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway 
or Day Line Steamer on St. John's River. 

The run from Palatka is in a southeasterly direction and through 
the famous Hart orange grove, over hummocks, ridges, and rolling 
pine lands, and down into the cypress swamps of Volusia County. 
The town is built for about two miles along the west bank of the 
Halifax River, its streets shaded with live-oaks and stately pal- 
mettos. The ride from Palatka to this point is so varied one gets 
possibly a better idea of the remarkable changes from highland to 
low, and the necessary variation in vegetation, than in any other 
similar ride in the State. Steamboats connect at this point for the 
Hillsborough and Indian Rivers. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Fountain City Hotel . . $2.50 per day. Ocean View House, 

Grand View Hotel . . . $1.50 per day. $2.50 to $3.00 per day. 

Halifax House $2.00 per day. Palmetto Hotel, $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 

PONCE PARK AND MOSQUITO INLET. 
Few miles south of Daytona ; connection by steamer. 

Directly on the coast, a few miles south of Daytona, is Ponce 
Park, built in the inappropriately-named Mosquito Inlet, a noted 
resort for fishermen. The waters of the inlet abound with bass, 
Spanish mackerel, bluefish, sheepshead, and various salt-water 
varieties. The beach here is filled with curious shells, and the 
sand is very compact and snow white. The old lighthouse, from 
whose height an extended and uninterrupted view may be had, is 
extremely picturesque. Excursions of all character emanate from 
this point, be they for boating, fishing, riding, or hunting. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
Pacetti's Hotel $2.00 per day. 

NEW SMYRNA. 

21 miles from Lake Helen, via Atlantic and Western Railroad Company. Same 
connection from Jacksonville as for Lake Helen. 

Few people visiting New Smyrna understand that the first cul- 
tivation of this valuable and vast territory should be credited to 
an importation in T767 of a number of Greek families. It was 



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really the founding of a miniature Athens on American soil, and 
even to-day some of their descendants are still living in this 
neighborhood and in St. Augustine. It is a rich country and the 
favorite resort of the sportsmen. Interest attaches to the place 
owing to its being one of the oldest settlements in Florida ; here 
shell mounds and crude implements used centuries ago are found, 
and ancient Spanish constructions ; while the handiwork of the 
Greeks may plainly be distinguished. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
Ocean House $3.00 per day. 

TITUSVILLE. 

158 miles southeast of Jacksonville, terminus of Jacksonville, Tampa and Key 
West Railway, and connection for all points on Indian River by steamer. 

A growing and prosperous town is Titusville. The famous 
hummock land extends for a distance of forty miles north of the 




OLD JUPITER LIGHT. 

residential portion, and is some of the most fertile soil in the State. 
Large sugar plantations and vegetable gardens convince the most 
skeptical as to fertility of the soil. To the left of the town is the 



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dense, rolling, pine district, which has been utilized as a site for 
many a tasty home, and discloses reasons why so many with weak 
lungs and in search of health journey every winter to this metrop- 
olis of the Indian River. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Grand View Hotel . . . $2.50 per day. | Lund House $2.00 per day. 

THE INDIAN RIVER. 

The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway runs to Titusville, the head of 
the river, a distance of 158 miles from Jacksonville. 

This river, so well known to people of the North, from the 
fame of the oranges growing on its banks, is in length one hun- 
dred and forty-two miles, and in many respects one of the most 




THE INDIAN RIVER. 



remarkable and picturesque water-courses in Florida. From its 
head, a few miles above Titusville, to the southern extremity at 
Jupiter Inlet it winds in and through the wildest and most beau- 
tiful scenery in the State. Its width varies from one hundred 



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feet at the narrowest point to three miles. The Indian River 
Steamboat Company's boats make the run, with intermediate 
stops, daily. 

On one side may be seen the high masts or trail of smoke 
of steamers passing on the ocean, and on the other a tangled 
mass of tropical vegetation, from which growth flocks of ducks 
and birds of gay plumage rise in flight as the steamer glides by. 
No conception of this journey can be formed ; a round trip on 
one of these steamers will reveal scenes never to be forgotten 
in a lifetime. 

ROCKLEDGE. 

178 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 
Titusville, thence by boats of Indian River Steamboat Company. 

False Cape and Cape Canaveral throw their protecting arms 
far out into the sea, and shield the productive territory to the 
south from every chilly wind. It is in this sheltered nook that 
Rockledge has sprung into the prominent health and agricul- 
tural mart of to-day. It is the capital of the famous Indian River 
Country, world-renowned for its oranges, and little less celebrated 
for the quantity and variety of its game. Undoubtedly it is one of 
the most delightful places in Florida. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Hotel Indian River . . . $4.00 per day. | Rockledge House .... $2.50 per day 



LAKE WORTH. 

Reached by Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to Titusville, where 

steamer is taken down the Indian River to Jupiter, and thence 

via Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway to Juno. 

This beautiful lake is one hundred miles east and three hun- 
dred miles south of Jacksonville, and is twenty-five miles long 
by an average mile wide, separated by a thin strip of land from 
the ocean. Its shores are the only place in Florida where may be 
seen cocoanut groves in full bearing, and some of the most palatial 
dwellings in the midst of tropical gardens of wondrous beauty reveal 
themselves as the steamer glides by on the bosom of this trans- 
parent sheet of water. The cocoanut industry has become an im- 



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portant one, and this region, being the home of the enterprise, has 
necessarily become very popular with those sojourning South dur- 
ing the winter months, for where the cocoanut grows no stronger 
assurance is needed for the desirability of soil and climate. Fruits 
and flowers of every description bloom and ripen on its banks. 
Bordering the beach of Lake Worth are the towns of Juno, Oak- 
lawn, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Figulus, and Hypoluxo. 




SHORE OF LAKE WORTH. 

In reaching Lake Worth from the Indian River the traveler 
passes over the " celestial railway," starting at Jupiter and termi- 
nating at Juno, with Venus and Mars sandwiched between. The 
road is only eight miles long, but it reaches the stars. This is the 
most southerly railroad in the United States. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS (Lake Worth). 

Cocoanut Grove House . $3.00 per day. Oak Lawn House .... $2.50 per day. 
Lake Worth Hotel . . . $4.00 per day. 



HAWTHORNE. 
70 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

It is a thriving and prosperous village, situated in the centre 
of a rich section, being underlaid with a fine clay sub-soil, in 
places mixed with shell and marl, and especially adapted to the 



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culture of the peach and orange. Particular interest attaches to 
the place as a health resort, and a few miles to the south are the 

Mammoth Orange Groves, 
of seventy thousand full-bearing trees, which the train pass- 
es directly between 
for nearly a mile. 
Along this dividing 
line between the two 
groves about twelve 
hundred of the finest 
trees had to be re- 
moved to make 
room for the con- 
struction of the rail- 
road track. These 
are the largest nat- 
ural groves in Flor- 
ida, and are sit- 
uated in the midst 
of a vast, rich hum- 
mock, the trees be- 
ing of natural, spon- 
taneous growth, in 
the places where 
they now stand, 
grafted to the best 
sweet varieties. 




COCOA PALM AND ORANGE GROVE. 



PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
Commercial Hotel $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 



GAINESVILLE. 

50 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Southern Railway. 

Gainesville has deservedly asserted itself as one of the most 
important interior towns in the State. Its population is nigh 
doubled in the winter months, from the number of Northerners 



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seeking its warm, reliable climate. The advantages and con- 
veniences of a city may be enjoyed here while seeking health or 
pleasure. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Arlington Hotel, $2.50 to $3.00 per day. Rochemont House . . . $2.50 per day. 

Bayers Hotel $2.50 per day. St. Nicholas Hotel, $1.00 to $3.00 per day. 

Brown House 52.00 per day. 

WALDO. 

56 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

This interesting and growing town is the junction of the Cedar 
Key Branch, and is most beautifully situated. Near here is the 
oldest and largest orange tree in the State, which has borne ten 
thousand oranges in one season. Lake Alto and Santa Fe are 
but a few miles distant, affording a charming little excursion by 
steamer on the Santa Fe Canal. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Renault House $2.00 per day. | Waldo House $3.00 per day. 




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CEDAR KEY. 

127 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railway. 

Cedar Key, the terminus of a division of the line on which it is 
located, is a very popular resort for tourists and sportsmen. From 
a purely mercantile centre it has of late years grown into quite a 
winter retreat. Many and interesting are the side trips by steamer 
from here for Tarpon Springs, Clear Water, Dunedin, Seaside, 
Yellow Bluff, Manatee, and Tampa. Sights well worth seeing are 
the diving for sponge and the cutting cedar for pencil manufacture. 
Iathloe Island, a tropical garden, has also grown into prominence 
as a winter resort. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Bettelini House £2.00 per day. | Schlemmer House . . . $2.00 per day. 



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OCALA. 

72 miles from Palatka, via Florida Southern Railroad. 

CALA is a thriving' and prosperous city, the county- 
seat of Marion, and the centre of one of the richest 
agricultural sections of the State, and is manifestly 
destined to rival other points as the distributing 
point of the great orange belt. The city is well laid 
out and handsomely built, and one of the most in- 
fluential in the State. Near Ocala are extensive deposits of nat- 
ural phosphates, now being worked by numerous companies at 
a great profit. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Central Hotel 52.00 per day. Montezuma Hotel .... $2.50 per day. 

Magnolia House . . . . $2.00 per day. Ocala House $3. 00 per day- 

LEESBURG. 

106 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Southern Railroad. 

Leesburg is one of the oldest commercial places in this section 
of the country. Its largest mercantile business is done with the 
region lying about Lakes Harris and Griffin. It is built on a nar- 
row peninsula separating the two lakes named, whose shores are 
lined for long distances with what were once wild groves of or- 
ange trees, but are now fine, profitable, cultivated groves. As a 
winter resort it has long held an enviable reputation. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Grand Central Hotel . . $3.00 per day. Lake View Hotel .... Special rates. 
Lake City House . . . . $2.00 per day. Leesburg House . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 

SEVILLE. 

84 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

The site of Seville is in the midst of the high, pine orange belt 
in the Fruitland Peninsula. It attracts and fascinates the eye of a 
Northerner at once with its distinctively characteristic houses and 
palm, orange, and lime trees with which the streets are. lined. It 
fronts on two lakes of pure water, from which it draws its supply. 
Here are the noted groves of the wild or Seville orange, the 
theory being that the seeds for this remarkable growth were 
imported years ago by the Spanish. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Hotel Seville $3.00 per day. I The Pavilion Special rates. 

The Grand View .... Special rates. I 

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DE LAND. 

no miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and 
Key West Railway. 

E LAND is a delightfully picturesque town, situ- 
ated in Volusia County, on a pine elevation. It 
is completely belted in with extensive orange 
groves, and here the rich tropical productions 
thrive in abundance. As a winter resort it is 
held in the highest estimation, due to its peculiarly 
healthy surroundings and the vast border-lands of yel- 
low pine, which exude their healing and soothing balm, so effi- 
cacious in nervous and lung troubles. All about this neighbor- 
hood are the most picturesque of lakes ; on the shores of many 
are beautiful residences and commodious hotels. It is a favorite 
spot also for the sportsmen, deer, turkey, and wildcat being found 
in abundance. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

The Carrolton . $2.50 to $3.00 per day. I Putnam House . $2.00 to $3.00 per day. 
Floral Grove Hotel . . . $2.00 per day. Parceland Hotel, $2.50 to $3.00 per day. 



LAKE HELEN, 



9 miles from Blue Spring, via Atlantic and Western Railroad. Connection from 

Jacksonville via Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railroad 

direct, or via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway, 

or St. John's River steamers to Blue Spring. 

Mainly a winter sanitarium, its chief popularity is due to the 
air of its piney woods, many preferring this to the more open 
and heroic treatment of the coast. The lake is about sixty feet 
above the sea level, and is a beautiful sheet of water of great 
depth. Its banks are studded with handsome residences, and it 
shelters a colony who certainly get full enjoyment from life as 
captured in this delicious retreat. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Harlan Hotel . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. | Granville House, $1.50 to #2.00 per day. 

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ENTERPRISE. 

123 miles from Jacksonville, reached by rail or boat — on the line of Jacksonville, 
Tampa and Key West Railway. 

This point is a practical living proof that there is something 
"in a name," for it has the push, energy, industry, and active 
trade to justify its title. Its advantageous situation certainly has 
given it a pre-eminence over many other towns, as it is, like its 
neighbor Sanford, directly on Lake Monroe — one of the head- 
water bodies of the St. John's — and is likewise widely engaged in 
fruit cultivation. It is a particularly healthy situation, and a 
favorite one, while its orange groves supply many Northern mar- 
kets. This is the end of navigation for the large steamers that 
come up the river from Jacksonville. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Brock House $4.00 per day. | Live Oak House . . . $2.00 per day. 




SANFORD. 

125 miles via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway ; also reached by 
boat on St. John's River. 

Sanford is a very important railroad junction point as well as 
the centre of orange culture. It was originally a Spanish grant, 
and passed from hand to hand until 1870 when it was purchased 
by Gen. H. S. Sanford, through whose instrumentality a number 
of Swedish families were imported, and to their toil and industry 
the prosperity of the present community is largely due. The pict- 



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uresque body of Lake Monroe, on whose shore it is partly built, 
adds no small share to the general attractive features of the place. 
It has long been held in the high estimation of Florida tourists 
and well warrants a visit. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Sanford House . $3.50 to $4.00 per day. I San Leon Hotel . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 
Sirrine Hotel $2.00 per day. I 

TARPON SPRINGS. 
120 miles from Sanford, via Orange Belt Railway. 

The Orange Belt Railway completely cuts the peninsula in two, 
running through it in a slightly southwesterly direction. Fore- 
most among the many attractive winter towns which have come 
into influential life along its line is Tarpon Springs, a dozen 
stations from the road's terminus. The rapid clearing and build- 
ing of this South Florida town would surprise some of the Western 
land boomers. It has the advantage of situation, the warm winds 
from the Gulf waters, whose power, from all accounts, works 
wonders, and orange groves of number and great yield. It is 
distinctively an exclusive spot, where care has been exercised in 
building up a resort whose reputation is intended to last for more 
than a day. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Fernald Cottage $1.50 per day. Tropical House $2.00 per day. 

Tarpon Springs Hotel . . $3.00 per day. 

TAVARES. 

154 miles from Jacksonville. Terminus of Southern Division of Florida Central 

and Peninsular Railroad. 

Though exerting considerable influence as a railroad centre, 
yet it is distinctively the nucleus of the orange grove cultivation. 
At few points in the State could a better idea of this interesting 
culture be studied than here, and it ranks not among the least of 
its neighbors as a winter sanitarium, for the fresh vegetables and 
pure water supply are demands it can without trouble comply 
with. Numerous drives and pleasure jaunts present themselves 
for the amusement and benefit of the tourist. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Osceola House Special rates. | Tavares Hotel . $2.50 to $3.50 per day. 



WINTER PARK. 

143 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and 

Key West Railway to Sanford, and thence via 

South Florida Railroad. 

HEN one considers that this resort known to- 
day all over the States and abroad was in 
& 1 88 1 a complete wilderness, it shows with what 
rapidity towns and cities are born in this won- 
derful country of ours. It is a picturesque town, 
laid out in the shape of a Greek cross, bordering 
on the shores of a chain of pretty lakes. The re- 
gion immediately surrounding is highly productive of oranges. 
It is undoubtedly one of the best known and most highly es- 
teemed winter homes in the far South, being extremely pict- 
uresque and healthful. Its magnificent residences, drives, and 
walks are encased in the richest of tropical growths, and for miles 
these same residences border the banks of these lakes. The noted 
Seminole Hotel, built in the most artistic and modern style, is 
alive with the gayety and life of a migratory people under its rich 
and hospitable roof. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Seminole Hotel $4.00 per day. | Rogers House . $2.00 to $3.00 per day. 




ORLANDO. 

147 miles by rail or boat via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 

Sanford, thence via South Florida Railroad to Orlando. 

4 miles south of Winter Park. 

Orlando is the county-seat of Orange County, and the centre 
of a fertile agricultural region, and for miles in every direction 
the mind and body may find pleasant diversion by new scenes 
and active recreation. It has the reputation, like many frontier 
towns, of springing into existence during a night, so rapid has 
been its growth. It is in the midst of a region charmingly diver- 
sified by beautiful lakes, whose borders are lined with groves 
surrounding elegant villas and cosy winter cottage homes of 
Northern residents, who, living here, can appreciate in a measure 
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in the vicinity furnish fine boating and shooting, and all kinds of 
supplies for hunting and fishing expeditions can be procured to 
good advantage in the city, as well as competent guides. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Arcade Hotel $2.00 per day. San Juan Hotel $3.00 per day. 

Charleston House . . . $2.00 per day. Summerlin House . . . $2.00 per day. 
Magnolia House .... $2.00 per day. 



KISSIMMEE CITY. 

165 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 
Sanford, and thence via South Florida Railway. 

This picturesque city is situated directly on Lake Tohopeka- 
liga. Until several years ago it was comparatively cut off from 
all connection with the outside world, but its many attractive 
features were not long to be held " under a bushel," as the inves- 
tigating spirit of the American speculator soon made manifest by 
erecting large and comfortable hotels, and in many general ways 
placing it in the ranks of Florida winter homes. A line of steam- 
ers run down the river to Lake Okeechobee, through the Caloos- 
ahatchee River to Punta Rasa on the Gulf. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Kissimmee House . . . $1.50 per day. I Tropical House, $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 
Lake House $2.00 per day. I 

TAMPA. 

249 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

The run from Jacksonville to Tampa is not without interest, as 
the passenger traverses Winter Park, Orlando, and the high pine 
lands to the Kissimmee Lake district, and thence on to that fertile 
and productive country where the town stakes of Tampa were 
first driven. 

Here cotton, corn, rice, sugar-cane, orange, lime, lemon, ba- 
nana, and all the fruits of a tropical zone grow in profusion. Its 
seaport and mercantile value give it a •prominent place among 
the cities of the State, and as a winter refuge it is not surpassed 
by any point on the Gulf coast. The great Tampa Bay Hotel is the 
largest in the South, and is a marvel of luxurious appointments 



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and lavish outlay. No adequate idea of its magnificent extent 
and beautiful surroundings can be given in print. Port Tampa, 
nine miles south of Tampa, is the terminus of the Plant System 
of Railroads. It is situated on the shores of Tampa Bay, and 
from its wharves the steamers sail for Havana and Jamaica. 
The " Inn " at Port Tampa is located immediately upon the long 




ON TAMPA. BAY. 



pier, and is a very agreeable stopping place en route to or from 
Key West and Cuba. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Tampa Bay Hotel. 



Booze House $2.00 per day. 

The Almeria $3.00 per day. 

City Hotel $2.50 per day. 



The Plant Hotel .... $4.00 per day. 
Tampa House $1.50 per day. 



PUNTA GORDA. 

26S miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Southern Railway. 

Within easy reach of the most famous tarpon fishing-grounds 
on the coast is Punta Gorda, the most southerly railroad terminus 
on the Gulf coast. No more exciting sport exists than hooking one 



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of these "game fish" — the tarpon. Up to five years ago this 
fish was never taken except by harpoon or seine, and to come 
down now and land it with a thin, silken thread line is certainly 
a deviation from the old school, and sport of no small account. 
If in two or three hours after taking the bait the angler lands 
his "prize" he is indeed fortunate. Here, at Punta Gorda, out- 
fits, guides, boats, and all necessary paraphernalia can be pro- 
cured. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

De Soto House $2.50 per day. I Hotel Southland . . . . 53.00 per day. 

Hotel Georgia $2.00 per day. Punta Gorda Hotel . . $4.00 per day. 

LIVE OAK. 

82 miles from Jacksonville, on the Florida Central and Penin- 
sular Railway ; also reached via the Savannah, Florida and West- 
ern Railway. 

DADE CITY. 

193 miles from Jacksonville, on the Florida Central and Penin- 
sular Railway. 

BALDWIN. 

48 miles from Jacksonville, on the Florida Central and Penin- 
sular Railway. 

WILDWOOD. 

156 miles from Jacksonville, on the Florida Central and Penin- 
sular Railway. 

This list could be extended to great length, and then perhaps 
all the attractive places would not secure mention. The sketches 
are intended as brief introductions to the most prominent places 
that typify the distinctive life and characteristics of this won- 
derful land, with its earth, air, and water forming nature's most 
perfect sanitarium, where thousands are restored to health and 
strength. The romantic Spaniard who sought the fount of per- 
petual youth here exercised excellent judgment. 

If the hand-book serves to direct the steps of the tourist 
into pleasant paths its purpose will have been achieved. 



INDEX. 



PAGE 

A Suggestion 7 

Baldwin 43 

Cedar Key, Fla 35 

Dade City 43 

Daytona, Fla 29 

De Land, Fla 37 

Distinctive Features of the Penn- 
sylvania Tours 5 

Enterprise, Fla 3S 

Extra Pullman Accommodations . 9 

Fernandina, Fla 23 

Florida, descriptive matter . . . 16-18 

Fort George Island, Fla 24 

Gainesville, Fla 34 

Green Cove Springs, Fla 25 

Hawthorne, Fla 33 

How the Tourists Travel 6 

Indian River, Fla 31 

Itinerary in Detail 10, 11 

Jacksonville, Fla 18, 19 

Kissimmee, Fla 41 

Lake City, Fla 25 

Lake Helen, Fla 37 

Lake Worth, Fla 32 

Leesburg, Fla 36 

LiveOak 43 

New Smyrna,' Fla 29 



PAGE 

Ocala, Fla 36 

Ocklawaha, Fla 27 

Orlando, Fla 40 

Ormond, Fla 28 

Pablo Beach, Fla 24 

Palatka, Fla 26 

Ponce Park and Mosquito Inlet, Fla. 29 

Punta Gorda, Fla 42 

Rates and Conditions of the Tick- 
ets 6, 7, 8, 9 

Round-Trip Rates 7 

Rockledge, Fla 32 

St. Augustine, Fla 20 

Sanford, Fla 38 

Seville, Fla 36 

Side Trips 12, 13, 14, 15 

Silver Springs, Fla 27 

Staff of Tourist Department ...11 

Tallahassee, Fla 22 

Tampa, Fla 41 

Tavares, Fla 39 

Tarpon Springs, Fla 29 

Titusville, Fla 30 

Waldo, Fla 35 

What Personally-Conducted Means, 5 

Wildwood 43 

Winter Park, Fla 40 



Pennsylvania Tours 

TO THE 

GOLDEN GATE. 



This is the title of a handsome illustrated Itinerary just 
issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, containing full 




DATE PALMS, SAN DIEGO. 

information as to how a personally-conducted tour may be 
pleasantly and profitably spent in California. The first tour 

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leaves New York February 8th and speeds directly to New 
Orleans, remaining there during the Mardi Gras festivities, 
thence on to the Pacific Coast. The second tour leaves 
March 2d, via the same route as the first tour. The third, March 
29th, runs out via St. Louis, Denver, Salt Lake City, &c, to Cali- 
fornia, and home via the Northern Pacific route and Chicago. 
Tourists will travel by superbly-appointed special trains of Pull- 
man drawing-room sleeping, dining, smoking, and observation 
cars, under the supervision of a Tourist Agent and Chaperon. 
Residents of New England desiring to join these parties are af- 
forded special facilities for taking the special train at New York 
and Philadelphia. The rates for the round trip are exceptionally 
low, and include, for the first two tours, not only all necessary 
traveling expenses en route to the Pacific Coast and return, side 
trips to the attractive resorts in California, and several carriage 
and stage rides of interest, but also board at San Diego, Cal. 
The rate for the third covers all necessary expenses during the 
entire time absent. 

ILLUSTRATED ITINERARIES, 

Containing all detailed information, as well as descriptive notes 
of California, may be procured by addressing Geo. W. Boyd, 
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK TOUR. 

During the month of August, 1893, the date to be definitely 
announced later, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, under its 
personally-conducted tourist system, proposes running a tour to 
the Yellowstone National Park. It will be conducted on the 
same general principles and maintained at that high standard 
manifested on all the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's person- 
ally-conducted tours. 

This particular tour is designed to consume about two weeks, 
one week of which will be devoted to thoroughly reviewing this 
Natural Park of wonders. 

Detailed plans and information will be made public at an 
early date. 




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